AoD #1: Needed Negotiation

(Art of Democracy)

There is a school in Federal Way is currently dealing with a major crisis, albiet no action has been taken. The employees cannot complain or assert their view because their jobs would thus be lost. Moreover, the principal has failed to complete appropriate tasks needed to assert disciplinary action over one of the students.

The third grader, in the center of this case, has reportedly assaulted and fought with other children. Smashing student's head into the school bus, pushing kids down, fist-fighting in the lunchroom, and punching other students with no just cause.

One boy, whom is the child of a teacher at the school, scored a touchdown and had his touch loosened in the resulting punch given by the third-grader. His mother, as well as paraeducators and other teachers of the school, have not forthright demanded the solutions conflicts caused by the lack of action on the principal's part but disagree with his methods. Such as when the third-grader was spotted outside during recess, he ran and the principal told the paras monitoring the playground to "shadow him. Don't chase after him, shadow him."

The staff of the school is attempting to quietly point out the principal's mistake in allowing the boy to continue attendance at the elementary school by placing pages of the Student Rights and Responsibilities booklet into his staff mailbox. They hope to clearly show reference to policy 3240 that mentions fighting to be a exceptional misconduct and an eventual resulting expulsion.

Of course, such third party action negotiation might not solve the problem. The lack of communication from the teachers to the principal might result in even less being done and even a basis of mistrust to brew. Unless the matter can be resolved quietly amongst the staff of the school, then negotiations would soon begin in the court of law.